Paving a Half Mile Each Night in Georgia...
A recent 14.7 mile project took place on Interstate Highway 75 near Macon, Georgia. This highway is a major business route with about 24% of the some 54,000 vehicles it carries everyday being trucks. This project was given to the Ballenger Paving Division and APAC-Southeast Inc. |
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Every day the workers would remove about one lane of old concrete pavement, then they would pave on average 1,500 feet and then re-open that part of the lane to the public by the next morning. They were working for eight hours a night and having a 1,500 feet or ½ a mile section ready for road use in the morning.
Even though it is said that concrete need 24 hours to reach a psi of 2,500 strength, data found by a contractor showed that a psi of 1,500 was strong enough to take truck without any permanent damage to the pavement.
The contractors would begin work at 8pm every night. They would start off by closing down the two outside lanes of the highway and leaving the inside lane open for commuters. The actual paving would commence at about 10:30 or 11:00 pm, where the concrete was delivered from the mixing plant to the job site. The concrete was poured using a Maxon spreader and the rest of the paving was carried out by a Gomaco 2800 splitform paver. The surface was finished using 16-foot straightedges to correct any imperfections.
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The paving would stop at about 4am every morning. The middle lane was re-opened at 6am every morning and the newly paved lane was to re-open at 10am each morning. The contractors had to allow the pavement to dry for a minimum of 4 hours according to The Georgia Department of Transportation’s curing requirements. |
The state of Georgia takes its road maintenance programs very seriously and there is always re-paving projects going on.
Georgia has an Official code that states the importance and the amount of funding allocated to the repair, re-paving, constructing and restoration of the public roads in Georgia that are most in need. This code is the 32-5-21.
About Georgia, GA...
| The state of Georgia is in the southern side of the USA. It borders with Florida. To the East is the Atlantic Ocean, to the south is South Carolina, to the west is Alabama and to the north is Tennessee. The capital city of this state is Atlanta and the state symbol is a peach. The song “ Georgia on My Mind” is the states song {performed by Ray Charles}. |
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On the 2 nd of January in 1788 Georgia became the fourth state in the USA. The official population in 2004 was 8,829,383 and is still rapidly increasing due to the popularity of this state.
The population in Georgia is rapidly growing. Out of all the states in America this state has the highest population growth due to the strong economy it forecasts. Georgia produces the following products such as cotton, tobacco and forest products.
Georgia has 159 counties that exist today. This is the second largest county besides Texas which has 254 counties. It is the largest state in land measurements in the USA.
For more information go to The official website for the state of Georgia
Cities of Georgia
Abbeville |
Adel |
Alamo |
Alapaha |
Albany |
Allenhurst |
Alma |
Alpharetta |
Ambrose |
Americus |
Appling |
Ashburn |
Athens-Clarke |
Atlanta |
Augusta |
Augusta-Richmond |
Austell |
Bainbridge |
Barnesville |
Baxley |
Berkeley Lake |
Blackshear |
Blairsville |
Blakely |
Bloomingdale |
Blue Ridge |
Bogart |
Boston |
Bowman |
Braselton |
Brooklet |
Broxton |
Brunswick |
Buchanan |
Buena Vista |
Buford |
Byromville |
Cairo |
Calhoun |
Camilla |
Canton |
Carnesville |
Carrollton |
Cartersville |
Cave Spring |
Cecil |
Cedartown |
Chamblee |
Chatsworth |
Chickamauga |
Clarkesville |
Claxton |
Clayton |
Cleveland |
Clyo |
Cochran |
Colesburg |
College Park |
Colquitt |
Columbus-Muscogee |
Commerce |
Conyers |
Cordele |
Country Club Estate |
Covington |
Cox |
Crawfordville |
Crescent |
Culloden |
Cumming |
Cusseta |
Cuthbert |
Dahlonega |
Dallas |
Dalton |
Danielsville |
Darien |
Dasher |
Dawson |
Dawsonville |
Decatur |
Denmark |
Dillard |
Dock Junction |
Donalsonville |
Douglas |
Douglasville |
Dover Bluff |
DuPont |
Dublin |
Duluth |
Eastman |
Eatonton |
Ebenezer |
Egypt |
Elberton |
Ellabelle |
Ellaville |
Ellijay |
Enigma |
Eulonia |
Everitt |
Fargo |
Fayetteville |
Fitzgerald |
Flemington |
Folkston |
Forsyth |
Fort Gaines |
Fort Stewart |
Fort Valley |
Franklin |
Gainesville |
Garden City |
Georgetown |
Gibson |
Gray |
Greensboro |
Greenville |
Griffin |
Groveland |
Gumbranch |
Guyton |
Hamilton |
Hardwicke |
Harrietts Bluff |
Hartwell |
Hawkinsville |
Hazlehurst |
Hiawassee |
Hinesville |
Hoboken |
Holly Springs |
Homeland |
Homer |
Homerville |
Hopeulikit |
Irwinton |
Isle of Hope-Dutch |
Jackson |
Jasper |
Jefferson |
Jeffersonville |
Jesup |
Jonesboro |
Keller |
Kings Bay Base |
Kingsland |
LaGrange |
Lake Park |
Lakeland |
Lanier |
Lawrenceville |
Leefield |
Leesburg |
Lenox |
Lexington |
Lilburn |
Lincolnton |
Louisville |
Ludowici |
Lumpkin |
Lyons |
Macon |
Madison |
Marietta |
McDonough |
McIntosh |
McRae |
Meldrim |
Metter |
Midway |
Milledgeville |
Millen |
Monroe |
Montgomery |
Monticello |
Morgan |
Morven |
Moultrie |
Mount Vernon |
Nahunta |
Nashville |
Nevils |
Newnan |
Newton |
Nicholls |
Norcross |
Ocilla |
Offerman |
Oglethorpe |
Omega |
Patterson |
Pearson |
Pembroke |
Perry |
Pineora |
Pooler |
Port Wentworth |
Portal |
Preston |
Quitman |
Ray City |
Rebecca |
Register |
Reidsville |
Remerton |
Retreat |
Riceboro |
Richmond Hill |
Ridgeville |
Rincon |
Ringgold |
Rome |
Roswell |
Sandersville |
Savannah |
Shawnee |
Shellman Bluff |
Skidaway Island |
Soperton |
South Newport |
Sparks |
Sparta |
Springfield |
St. Marys |
Statesboro |
Sterling |
Stillwell |
Stilson |
Sugar Hill |
Summerville |
Sunbury |
Suwanee |
Swainsboro |
Sycamore |
Sylvania |
Sylvester |
Talbotton |
Tarboro |
Thalman |
Thomaston |
Thomasville |
Thomson |
Thunderbolt |
Tifton |
Toccoa |
Townsend |
Trenton |
Ty Ty |
Tybee Island |
Union City |
Valdosta |
Valona |
Vernonburg |
Vienna |
Villa Rica |
Walthourville |
Warrenton |
Washington |
Watkinsville |
Waverly |
Waycross |
Waynesboro |
White Oak |
Whitmarsh Island |
Willacoochee |
Wilmington Island |
Winder |
Woodbine |
Wrightsville |
Zebulon |
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